Tim Martin says succession planning has begun at JD Wetherspoon as new figures show the pub giant paid £837m in tax last year. The founder warns VAT and business rates continue to hold back sector ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is poised to finally announce a new package of measures to tackle soaring business rates for pubs - ...

Watford-based JD Wetherspoon is perhaps the UK's most recognisable food and drink chains, while its owner is one of the most well-known individuals in the industry.

Sir Tim Martin says UK pubs cannot retain their historic role without VAT and business rates equality with supermarkets, ...

It's barely past three o'clock but the drinkers are out in force at the Wetherspoons in the Birmingham suburb of Oldbury. A man with a poppy pinned to his bobble hat paces to the bar for another pint ...

Watford-based giant JD Wetherspoon is paying more than £1 million in tax per pub as its founder, Sir Tim Martin, is included among the UK's ...

JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin has revealed his business faces cost rises of £100m this financial year as a result of recent government policy.

Shares in pub chain fall after it reveals £45m surge in costs driven by business rates and other ‘higher-than-expected’ bills ...

Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin has spoken out about gender neutral toilets in pubs after the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman. When asked on ITV’s Peston show (23 April), if he will ...

Wetherspoon has confirmed the locations of 12 new pubs that are set to open before July. The list includes its first ever pub in continental Europe, which will open in Alicante Airport, Spain, next ...

Each 'Spoons pub pays more than £1m in tax ...